Automatic device for dumping coal-cars



j/ Patented Feb. 26, 1889.` f7- C. S. PARRER.

AUTMATIG DEVB FR DUMPING GOAL GARS.

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l xl www NITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. FARRER, OF DUNMORE, PENNSYLVANIA.

AUTOMATIC DEVICE FOR DUMPING COALCARS.

SPECIFIATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,598, dated February 26, 1889.

Application filent November 19, 1888. Serial No. 291,153. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern: t

Be it known that I, CHARLES FARRER, a i citizen of the United States of America, resid- 1 ing at Dunmore, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Devices for Dumping Coal-Cars, of g which the following is a specification, referi ence being' had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invent-ion relates to improvements in a device for dumping coatcars; and the object of my improvement is to provide an auto- 1 matic device that will eftectually dump coalcars, thereby disposing of the labor of extra men, which is required for this purpose. l attain t-his object by a combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully described in this specitication and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichd Figure l is a side view of my device attached to tip and in a position 'for use. Fig. 2 p is a front view of saine detached 'from th e tip. Fig. 3 is a modification oi' invention.

The dottedlines designate the position the car, the tip, and the lever assume in dumping.

A represents the tip upon which the car is run to be dumped into the chute. Said tip is constructed and arranged in the ordina-ry manner, and is provided with the rope ll, which is secured to the rear end of same. This rope extends downward and passes about three-fourths of the way around the sheave C, and is securely fastened thereto. The sheave C is located upon the axle D, which has suitable bearings. To said sheave there is rigidly attached the pendulum or lever E, to the lower end of which is bolted the weight F. i

Such being the conxbination and arrangement ot' mydcvice, it is evident that when thc loaded car is run upon the tip A (which rcf volves upon the axis tz) said tip, the car, the

pendulum, and the weight will a t on ce assu me the position indicated by the dotted lilies, and the coal at once duinpedinto the chute. As soon as the car is relieved of the weight of the coal the tip and the pendulum again assume their normal position, and the car is ready to be moved ott'.

As it is evidentthat my invention Very practical and most ett'ectualin operatiomit is useless to further enlarge upon its merits.

l do notI wish to limit myself to the conj struction shown in the drawings, as it is apparent that the same principle may be used in an entirely different construction. For example, a cog-gear with lever bolted across it and geared to center of tip will prod ucc the same result upon the saine principle, but differently constructed, Fig. il

ln a device i'or dumping eoal-cars,tl1c combination o". the tip A, the rope B, having thc upper end secured to the rear part of said tip and its lower end extending downward and around the shcave C, to which it is attached7 the sheave (l, the axle D, having` suitable bearings, the lever E, secured to said sheavc, and the weight bolted to said lever, substantially as described and shown.

ln testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES S. FARRER.

Witnesses:

JOHN M. MAY, ALBERT WAGNER. 

